Tht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
685 
Sulphur and Molasses Tularemia and Tuberculosis 
Many times I have seen in various pa- I am interested in the tubarene test 
pers reference to “the old-fashioned sul- that is the main subject here at the pres- 
phur and molasses mixture given in my ent time in this vicinity. We are asked 
grandmother’s day.” I should like pro¬ 
portions and directions for its use. R. J. 
Dutchess Co., N. Y. 
I hardly think that our forefathers 
abided by any exact proportion in admin¬ 
istering sulphur and molasses, the amount 
given depending largely upon the tracta- 
bility of tbe child and the firmness of the 
family discipline. I imagine that the 
poor little Puritan children, because of 
the latter factor, got more than their 
share. 'Sulphur, as an internal remedy, 
has gone by the board, though it is still 
to sign an agreement which would com¬ 
pel me to have herd tested and be dis¬ 
posed of if infected, according to the judg¬ 
ment of the inspector. I believe that tu¬ 
barene is spread by rabbits, as I can 
prove an instance of five rabbits out of 
nine which had it. How about it? Do 
they spread it or not? I am sending 
clipping from Syracuse Journal pertain¬ 
ing to the rabbit tubarene. Will you 
take up an open discussion on the sub¬ 
ject? j. w. 
New York. 
You have confused tularemia, a disease 
found among rabbits, squirrels and other 
used extensively as an external applica- animals in the West, and thought pos¬ 
tion in ointment form to kill certain par¬ 
asites that burrow in the skin. It has 
lost its reputation as a germ destroyer, 
when burned, too, and if it were not for 
its increasing use in farm practice, might 
become lost to commerce. 
From one to three teaspoons of sul¬ 
phur, mixed with syrup or molasses, and 
given at night, acts as a laxative. The 
dose formerly used as an alterative was 
15 to 20 grains three times daily. “Al¬ 
terative” is one of those handy terms 
which old-fashioned and some modern 
doctors find useful to describe the unde- 
scribable; meaning to change the bodily 
sibly to have been introduced into this 
State, with tuberculosis of cattle. There 
is no connection between the two, and 
tuberculosis is not, so far as known, 
transmitted from rabbits to cattle. 
The disease tularemia has been studied 
in Utah particularly, where it became 
quite prevalent among farmers. While a 
disease of rodents, it may be transmitted abscess caused by infection through an 
Bumbiefoot; Building Henhouse; Lack of 
Drainage 
1. I have just noticed some of my hens 
and two roosters have bunches on their 
feet, which make them hop along on one 
foot. It seems to be soft, but grows larg$. 
Last Fall I lost some; they also had a 
bunch on foot. It is on under side of 
foot, so they cannot step on it. What 
can I do for this? 2. Would you give 
measurements for a plain henhouse? I 
have about 100 in all; they are now in a 
coop made lean-to on barn, 10x8 ft., but 
we get all drainage from other property 
in front of us, and the coop and barn 
stand over ankle deep in water. 3. Can 
I make village do anything about all the 
water flooding us out every Spring? I 
spoke last year and again this year, but 
they pay no attention. It seems as if 
they could put a little bridge across road 
to run it some other way. No. matter 
how much snow, as fast as it melts it all 
rushes through our place, under the barn. 
It was built on top of gi*ound; no base¬ 
ment, so all the cows and horses stand all 
night with water away up their legs. Our 
land slopes down hill. The whole space 
from barn to house stands like a lake. 
Last year our wood was standing up in 
a large pile; the water rushed down on 
us in such force that our wood all floated 
to back lots. mrs. g. w. 
New York. 
1. This trouble with the fowls’ feet is 
known as bumbiefoot, and is really an 
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Rural New-Yorker. 
MAPLESHADE, one of the most attractive 
rural homes in Litchfield County, especially 
for Summer; high altitude; 12 rooms, recently 
built; with or without small farm; beautiful 
woodland; fine brook; photos. GEORGE AN¬ 
DREWS, Owner, Nortlifleld, Conn. 
Miscellaneous 
HONEY—Six pounds, $1.10, prepaid third zone. 
WILLIAM II. PAItSIL, Monmouth Junction, 
N. J. 
PRODUCE your own honey. Circular 
VAN’S HONEY FARMS, Hebron, Ind. 
free. 
to humans by bites of lice, bedbugs, fleas, 
blood-sucking flies and other insects, 
which convey the infection from lower an¬ 
imals to man. It is quite a serious dis¬ 
ease, producing, in severe cases, pus for¬ 
mation at the site of the insect bite and 
abrasion in the skin of the foot. Usually 
it seems to inconvenience the birds but 
little, but, if the swelling is soft and evi¬ 
dently painful, it may be lanced with a 
clean, sharp blade, as a boil would be, 
and the fowl placed in a clean place or on 
processes in some mysterious way so that constitutional symptoms of sufficient se- grass, where the abscess may drain and 
health will replace disordered function. 
We’ve simply got to have some way of ex¬ 
plaining things. Probably older people 
can tell just how much sulphur they took 
in the Spring; my folks just depended 
upon luck to get us through. m. b. d. 
the wound heal without further irritation 
from cinders or other sharp substances 
under foot. 
2. If you plan a new henhouse for 100 
Dental Trouble and Neuritis 
On page 507 you explain and suggest 
the advice of a physician to a neuritis 
patient. As I understand from the let¬ 
ter of the patient, he was under medical 
attention. Would you suggest that he 
have his mouth (teeth, gums, etc.), 
looked carefully over by a conscientious 
dentist—not physician—old roots extract¬ 
ed. tartar removed, dead teeth in acces¬ 
sible places removed, mouth carefully X- 
rayed for unerupted teeth, pussy gums 
treated if possible, or the pyorrhetic 
teeth extracted? Neuritis, arthritis, rheu¬ 
matism and a score of diseases are being 
attributed to bad teeth. In my practice 
(of over 15 years) I found many cases 
of neuritis, arthritis, indigestion, etc., 
cleared up after a thorough examination 
and reconditioning of the mouth. While 
it may be very possible that the condition 
of the mouth and teeth has nothing to do 
with this patient’s neuritis, a thorough 
examination so as to eliminate the mouth 
as a cause should be made by a competent 
dentist. a. s. 
New York. 
This is good advice, and would prob¬ 
ably be given by the medical adviser of 
any patient suffering from neuritis of un¬ 
known origin. It must be remembered, 
however, that neuritis is a disease of the 
nerve tissues themselves, not rheuma¬ 
tism or arthritis. The term is frequently 
carelessly used to denote the affections 
generally classed as “rheumatism.” The 
so-called focal infections from diseased 
gums, abscesses at the roots of old teeth. 
verity to incapacitate the sufferer for 
several months. 
The appearance of diseased wild rab¬ 
bits in a Western county of this State 
excited suspicion that tularemia might fowls, make it 20 ft, square, facing the 
have appeared there, and steps have been south, southeast or east. The front wall 
taken by the State Board of Health to may be 8 ft. and the rear 5 ft. in height, 
ascertain whether or not it really exists with a plain shed or single slope roof, 
in New York State. Persons handling The rafters for such a roof will need sup- 
wild rabbits are advised to use care to port in the center by a post or two from 
avoid possible infection, should the dis¬ 
ease prove to be present among these or 
other wild animals here. m. b. d. 
Chemical Treatment of Sewage 
I would like information on making a warm, 
chemical toilet. I have city water and 
house has all modern conveniences, toilet 
on first floor, and bath and toilet on sec¬ 
ond floor. We are a little too far out for 
sewer system; would like to have some¬ 
thing where sewage could be destroyed by 
acid. Are there any government bulletins 
on this subject? c. D. 
No. Dartmouth, Mass. 
Chemical closets are receptacles in 
which toilet wastes are disinfected or de¬ 
stroyed by means of chemicals, such as 
caustic soda ; 20 lbs. of fresh caustic soda 
dissolved in 10 gallons of water makes a 
solution for this purpose. I think, how¬ 
ever, that a septic tank will prove far 
more suitable for your purpose, since you 
evidently wish to connect with a bath¬ 
room and two toilets. In a septic tank 
the ground. They may be made from 
round poles, if you can get these cheaper 
than you can sawed lumber. It doesn’t 
matter from what or how the walls are 
built, if they are made airtight. A sin¬ 
gle thickness of boards is sufficiently 
The roof should be tightly board¬ 
ed and covered with a good grade of roof¬ 
ing felt. Windows should be large enough 
to flood the interior with light, and should 
reach to the upper plate in front, to ad¬ 
mit sunlight well to the rear of the build¬ 
ing. If you wish to avoid the expense of 
window glass, leave an opening 30 in. 
wide clear across the front and cover it 
W’ith wire poultry netting, making cur¬ 
tains, if you like, from burlap sacks, that 
you can drop over this opening in case of 
a storm blowing in, or when the ther¬ 
mometer threatens to drop below zero on 
a Winter’s night. Do not keep the open¬ 
ing covered, however. This opening 
should be about 2 ft. from the floor. The 
floor must be dry, and can probably best 
be made so by raising it a foot or more 
MILK chocolate made at our dairy; the best you 
ever tasted; box of 120 pieces, 2 lbs. net post¬ 
paid, for $1; stores sell this at $1.73; thousands 
of Rural New-Yorker readers among my well- 
satisfied customers. Are you one of them ? Please 
send remittance with order. R. w. WIND 
Babylon, N. Y. 
HONEY that will prove satisfactory; clover, 5 
lbs., $1.10; 10 lbs., $2; buckwheat, $1 and 
$1.80; postpaid and insured. RANSOM FARM, 
1310 Spring St., Syracuse, N. Y. 
“DELCO” light plant; 32-vo!t, 750 watts; 100- 
ampere hour battery; “Deleo” shallow well 
electric pump and tank, 350 gals, per hour; all 
in good order; complete for $325. A. H. PENNY 
Mattituck, N. Y. 
FOR SALE—New maple syrup at $2.25 per gal., 
f. o. b.; satisfaction guaranteed. SIGNOR & 
EADIE, De Lancy, Delawai'e Co., N. Y. 
OAK and hickory cordwood, by carload. Write 
E. J. LINK, Hillsdale, N. Y. 
SLEEP on fresh picked balsam pillow, filled 
with sweet breath of the Adiroudacks; sooth¬ 
ing and refreshing in the sick room; excellent 
gift for sweetheart and friends; 3 lbs. $1.25; 
cretonne cover; postage paid; remit with order. 
HANNAH PAYNE, No. 2, Paquette Lake, N. Y. 
HONEY—Pure, extracted, postpaid first three 
zones; clover, 5 lbs., $1.10; 10 lbs., $2.15; 
buckwheat, 5 lbs,, 90c; 10 lbs., $1.75; satisfac¬ 
tion guaranteed. WALNUT ORCHARD FARM 
Ithaca, N. Y. 
30x3% CORD tires; no use for them; will sell 
cheap. SIMMS, Lake, N. Y. 
PURE Vermont maple syrup; gallon, $2.25; six 
gallons, $2.10; 10-lb. pail sugar, $2.75; pound 
cakes, 30c; products and satisfaction guaran¬ 
teed. G. L. HOWARD, Essex Junction, Vt. 
WANTED—Sixty cycle, single phase, 110-volt 
electric motor, 1 to 3 h.p. or small #as en- 
gine PLUM TREE FARM, R. D. 2, Lakewood, 
N. J. 
HONEY—OO-lb. can, here, clover, $8.40; buck¬ 
wheat, $6; two, $11.50; 10 lbs., delivered, 3.1 
zone, $2.15; buckwheat, $1.80; very attractive 
prices on larger lots in pails. RAY C. WIL¬ 
COX, Odessa, N. Y. 
NEW maple syrup, $2.25 per gal.; 20 gals or 
$2.15 per gal.; cash with your order. 
GEO. L. MARVIN, Andover, O. 
FOR SALE—Water jacket for Candee incu- 
bator; new; 1923; $30; cost $45. MRS. J. C. 
\ AN AKEN, Chester, N. J. 
HONEY, 5 lbs. clover, $1.10; 10 lb*., $2; buck¬ 
wheat, $1 and $1.75, postpaid first three 
zones; 00 lbs. here, clover, $7.50; buckwheat 
$6. HENRY WILLIAMS, Romulu s, N Y ’ 
WANTED A two-seated buck-board wagon in 
good shape, and farm lumber wagon. W J 
ABRAMS, Mast Hope, Pa. 
the solids are destroyed, rotted, by the ac¬ 
tion of bacteria, and the liquids remain- above the level of the surrounding ground 
ing are discharged through tiles into the by means of a layer of field stones, upon 
surface layers of the earth. This is the 
plan of house sewage disposal most in 
favor where sewer connections are not 
available. If you will write the College 
which a thin concrete covering is placed. 
As this floor will never have to carry any 
heavy weight, a layer of concrete 2 in. in 
thickness is sufficient, seeing to it that the 
frequently teeth that have been treated of Agriculture at Ithaca, N. Y., asking surface of the stones over which it 
and crowned by dentists,• diseased ton- f or their bulletin on septic tank construc¬ 
ts, infected gall bladders and other tion, I have no doubt that they will send 
localized sources of systemic infection, it to you, and this contains full direc- 
may be responsible for symptoms called tions for the construction of septic tanks. 
“rheumatic” at a considerable distance Your own State college at Amherst may 
is 
laid is fairly uniform and level. 
3. From your description, I judge that 
the water from the hill above you follows 
its natural course and that the village 
cannot be held liable for any damage that 
from the real seat of the trouble. 
There is no question but that the con¬ 
dition of the mouth is often responsible 
for serious distress elsewhere, and it is 
one of the unfortunate consequences of 
the restrictions placed upon admission to 
dental practice that country communi¬ 
ties are now deprived of the services of 
also be able to give you the desired in- it: does to y° ur Premises. It looks as 
formation in bulletin form. 
M. B. D. 
License for Truck 
though this water might be carried either 
around your buildings or between them 
by an inexpensively plowed and dug ditch, 
however, and under the circumstances I 
think that the road authorities would be 
fully justified in doing the work at public 
expense, just to save their road from the 
I notice the article on page 420 on 
high price of truck license. The price 
of $24 for a Ford truck and load is enor¬ 
mous. First consider a truckman mak- 
resident dentists fully capable of doing at ing $20 to $50 a day the year round, possibility of sometime being washed out. 
least 00 per cent of the dental work re- *he farmer is on the farm most I think that no one would object if they 
ouired in such communities There is a ° f th ? time ( 1 use my truck seldom, 
qunea in suen communities, mere is a save m af) pi e season; then about three 
serious and growing need of- dentists months. I am thinking of trading it 
whose education and training have not f° r a light truck that will carry eight 
been so expensive that they cannot afford l ^ pp ^?’ 1 / 0 f r it: . r ! ln fas ter 
^ ... J , and not shake itself to pieces when light, 
to settle outside of cities or large towns, The license is $15 and I can use it for 
but who have been trained in the me- all kinds of light work, and with a short 
stretched their authority a bit for your 
private good. m. b. d. 
“Prisoner, did you steal that rug?” 
“No, yer Honor. A lady gave it to me 
... .... „„ u nillJJL and told me to beat it, and I did.”— 
ehanieal work which makes up by far haul eight barrels goes quite quickly Georgia 1c llow Jacket. 
unless one has long delay to unload. The - 
heavy truck is not large enough for bailed “I don’t see why you are having so 
hay or straw. If the farmer cannot much trouble getting reliable servants,” 
WANTED A 1 %-ton refrigerating equipment, 
rpri l w l°so,o 0nditi0I l: what y°‘> got? ADVER- 
IISER u218, eare Rural New-Yorker. 
ONE 100-egg Prairie State ineubator, all new 
fixtures, $17. MRS. NAN R. DAVIS, R. 69, 
Parkers Landing, P-. 
9 „ 5c ’ prepaid third zone. 
C. TIMMERMAN, It. 3, Cortland, N. Y. 
MAPLE sugar butternut fudge, 60c per lb. • 
.. oakes, 45c, prepaid. MRS. FRANK 
KEZER, Rochester, Vt. 
' ^o l r« 0Vl ,. rnaple Products, fine quality syrup, 
$2.o0 gallon; sugar, 5 and 10-lb. palls, 30c 
pound; parcel post extra; cash with order. W. 
T. ABELL, Moscow, Vt. 
WANTED—Old U. S. postage stamps, also Con¬ 
federate, all denominations previous to 1870- 
left on original covers in good condition; will 
pay double face of stamps; look up your old 
letters and mail to me. EUGENE T BIACK 
Scio, N. Y. 
SWEEJ. milk chocolate buds made in our dairy 
section; the best can be made; 2 lbs. net, 
postpaid, $1; hundreds using my goods; please 
send remittance with order. I. A. B4KER 
Schenectady, N. Y. 
EXTRA fancy Vermont maple syrup, $3 per gal- 
.) gals, or more, $2.50; sugar in 5 and 10-lb! 
pails, 40c per lb.; in 2-oz. cakes, 50c W II 
WARREN, North Pomfret, Vt. 
TO THOSE _wlio demand the best in maple 
syrup, $2.75 per gallon delivered to third 
zone at my risk; common syrup at $2.35; both 
pure. DEN-ROBINSON, (Producer), Pawlet, Vt. 
WANTED—Stump puller, hand or power; must 
be in good condition, also tooth-harrow suit¬ 
able for Pordson. PARDEE, Islip, N. Y. 
the greatest part of dental surgery in a 
shorter course than is now required of 
them, and so enabled to serve smaller 
communities at fees within reach of fam¬ 
ilies of moderate means. m. b. d. 
have a lower price, a community truck complained Brown. “I’m not having any 
should be used, one for a number of more trouble than the Washington Bov- 
larms. I have I 000 apple trees. eminent,” retorted his wife. — Boston 
Columbia Co., N. Y, c. B. Snyder. Transcript. 
The Household Painter 
by A. Ashmun Kelly 
Practical directions for painting, deco- 
rating, papering, calcimining, wood fin¬ 
ishing and staining, varnishing, etc. 
Price $1.25 
From RURAL NEW-YORKER 
333 W. 30th St., N. Y. 
